Happy Skies

Hello, Whimsy friends! Lisa here with you today, sharing two quick and simple cards featuring the Whimsy Stamps Happy Sky Stamp Set, Happy Sayings Stamp Set, and Happy Large Word Die. 

I'm starting to believe this trio of products is a match made in crafty heaven!

I have a short video tutorial for you.

I start with a panel cut to 3.25" x 4.5" #110 cardstock, ink blend with Distress Oxides ink, Abandoned Coral, Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade on the first panel. Distress Oxides; Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar on the second panel.

Stamp the silhouette image from the Happy Sky Stamp Set using black ink.

Run panels through the die-cut machine with the Happy Word die center and cut six of the word die out of white cardstock. Using liquid adhesive adhere panels to 4.25" x 5.5" card bases, stack three of the happy die-cut words together, one stack for each card. 

Inlay the happy word onto the card, making sure to add the ink blended centers of each letter back in place. Stamp the words adventures and retirement from the Happy Sayings Stamp Set onto white cardstock, trim down with paper trimmer, add mounting foam strips to the back and adhere to card. Finish off with black enamel dots. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

     

Spooky Night Web Card

Hi Everyone, and welcome back! Today I'm sharing this Spooky Night Web card using an alcohol ink lift and transfer technique. This was one of those,  "Oops! Well let's see where this goes," cards that actually worked in the end.

After lifting the ink on the Yupo panel, I decided to see how it would look if I re-stamped the image in black Archival Ink.

Technique: Alcohol Lift-Ink and transfer stamp

I began by creating an alcohol ink background on Yupo paper, and then tried to lift the ink with Ranger Alcohol Lift-Ink, but I didn't like the results. So I transferred the lifted ink image by stamping it onto white Neenah cardstock, and that is how the magic happened! Oh my! I think this Web Background Stamp looks so pretty. Look at those blues, greens, and purples. What do you think?

Next I stamped the tree branches and crows from Attempted Murder, stamped the little bats from Howling Night, and lightly blended Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Inks around the panel. Then I added the distressed idea-ology "Beware" token (See a step-by-step tutorial HERE), wrapped black twine, and sentiments from the You're My Boo stamp set. Finally, I layered with purple and black cardstock onto a black card base.

So, what do you think? I am obsessed with alcohol inks right now. Have you tried the new Alcohol Lift-Ink? I can't wait to see what you create! Love and crafty hugs!

Erin

  Web Background Rubber Cling Stamp

  Attempted Murder Clear Stamps

  You're My Boo Clear Stamps

  Howling Night Clear Stamps

  Memento Tuxedo Ink

  VersaMark Ink

  Ranger White Embossing Powder

Saturday Spotlight: Jenn Shurkus

Hello everyone! Welcome to May Saturday Spotlight guest artist feature, where each month our guest will bring you inspiration using our newest Clearly Whimsy Stamps!

 For this month's Saturday Spotlight, the talented Jenn Shurkus has created a gorgeous card using the Ocean Journeys and Ocean Journeys Sentiment stamp sets! You can find these in the Whimsy Stamps shop here.

Jenn has created a nautical beauty here... which is no surprise because she is uber-talented and a true beach girl at heart! I love her cluster of hanging buoys along the left side of the card; I live in a coastal community in Maine and I see buoys exactly like this all the time, so this really made me smile! And her watercolor details really add to the nautical feel, which is so important when creating  a themed card like this. 

Let's hear a bit more about this card from Jenn, shall we? 

Hello Everyone! You may not "know" me, but trust me when I tell you I am a lover of all things ocean and nautical. I actually recently moved back to Cape Cod. I was wicked excited to be able to create with Nina-Marie's Ocean Journeys and Ocean Journeys Sentiment set.

I wanted the buoy's to be the focal point of my card and I thought it would be so fun if they would look like they were really hanging off the card like you see in shipyards.

I started by stamping out a bunch of the different buoy's in Versafine Onyx Black and embossed with Clear Detail Embossing Powder. I watercolored them with Distress Inks (Candied Apple, Lucky Clover, Blueprint Sketch and Fossilized Amber). I then fussy cut them out and used a small hole punch to put a hole at the top of each one.

For the card background I did the "Ink Smooshing Technique" on Distress Watercolor Cardstock and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink. I just love creating backgrounds this way and I love how unique each of them end up being.

For the sentiment I wanted to be sure it really stood out, so I also embossed it. It's really amazing how much the clear embossing powder makes the sentiment truly pop! I wanted to give the card a weathered look. So I inked the edges of everything with Tea Dye Distress Ink and a Mini Ink Blending Tool.

I then strung up all of the different buoy's. I put a little piece of foam tape behind each one so I could swing it the way I wanted and have it stay where it looked best. I just love all the texture this card has and the unique layout. The sentiment is so sweet and I can't wait to brighten a friends mailbox with this card!

Thank you so much Whimsy Stamps for having me as a featured designer and I hope I have inspired you to create a fun nautical card! I can't wait to see what you link up below!

A HUGE thank you to Jenn for her amazing, detailed tutorial, sharing how she created this fun card! Be sure to stop by her blog to see more of her creative work... she rocks!

Now it's your turn to create!

We have are encouraging you to create something using Jenn's fantastic card as inspiration for your project! Whimsy stamps and/or dies must be used in your project and you can link them below to your blog using the inLinkz link-up tool. We even have a gift certificate up for grabs for a random entry! The link up will close at midnight (Eastern time) on June 30th!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!